tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54184170132976337572024-03-13T05:34:48.081-07:00So much to dewAubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-54455516194836821072017-03-13T09:55:00.002-07:002017-03-13T09:55:23.722-07:00Headed back home - new york house tour - part 3When we bought this house, the basement was not finished. An entire floor of potential. I will do a separate post on how we finished it - because it deserves it's own post - and how Chad did most of the work.<br />
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For now, here is our basement.<br />
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We created three rooms/areas. The kids gameroom:<br />
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One of my favorite parts of the house is this pocket door Chad added! The cabinet below holds board games, puzzles, paint and craft supplies. Behind the pocket door is a storage area, all of the "workings" of the house (furnace, water heaters, etc.) and a workshop area for Chad. </div>
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Plenty of room for playing with Barbies, Legos, Nerf battles, and Xbox games.<br />
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The next room/area is my workout space:<br />
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The girls love to paint so we made a gallery wall for them. They can hang up their new paintings as they create them. Ella loves to rearrange them!</div>
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<br />Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-80714777029438916272017-03-09T10:15:00.002-08:002017-03-09T10:15:23.056-08:00Headed back home - new york house tour - part 2Time to move upstairs! <br />
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All of our bedrooms are located upstairs as well as the laundry room. Our current New York house is approximately 2,500 square feet. Our Texas house was around 4,000 square feet and had an extra garage. I have decluttered and purged my heart out! It was a lot of work to get rid of so much, but we don't miss it ONE BIT! <br />
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Molly's favorite spot at the top of the stairs:<br />
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Our master bedroom:<br />
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Our master bathroom:<br />
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<br />Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-66023300667818300992017-03-04T15:39:00.002-08:002017-03-04T15:39:39.855-08:00Headed back home - new york home tour - part 1Did you hear our news?<br />
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We are moving!!!<br />
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When Chad was offered the position here in upstate New York, we jumped at the chance for an adventure. Now, two years later, a new adventure awaits us in a familiar state - Texas!<br />
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We have only been in this house just over a year and a half, but we have done SO MUCH to it. Take a look!<br />
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The piano room (a small room/passthrough in between office and living room):<br />
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Our kitchen:<br />
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<br />Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-10425817726008461462017-02-24T08:08:00.001-08:002017-02-24T08:08:04.443-08:00Hoosier cabinet updateOur house has an extremely small pantry. Painfully small. For extra storage we first added an industrial bookshelf which worked fine, but all the snacks and bins were always within view. It looked cluttered and busy. <br />
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We found this antique hoosier cabinet on craigslist. It is an amazing piece, but was in rough shape. It had seen lots of use and had been painted poorly many times. While my parents were visiting, dad worked for hours stripping, sanding, priming, and repainting the base and doors. Chad removed the hardware and stripped layers and layers of paint and grime. He then repainted them with oil rubbed bronze spray paint.<br />
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The top of the cabinet was in the worst shape. Chad decided to not use it at all and build a new top that would be a bit taller and deeper to house a few appliances and items we use daily. Although the original top is full of character with the original flour sifter, the new top is perfect. And, we were able to use the original doors and hardware.<br />
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Chad customized the shelves to fit our Keurig coffee maker and large glass jars that we use daily. It is a perfect place for a coffee bar. <br />
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Our k-cups and Icky's cat food fit just right in the top drawers. Like it was meant to be.<br />
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This is one of the best Craigslist finds we have ever purchased. Thank you Chad and dad for all your hard work!</div>
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-48080545412639645582017-01-18T14:07:00.001-08:002017-01-18T14:07:19.188-08:00Christmas 2016 - Part 2Back with more holiday cheer, Christmas and cookies!<br />
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The girls LOVE to bake and help make just about any recipe. Caleb had one request for Christmas this year - spritz cookies! We broke out our trusty <i>Cooky Book</i> and got to work!<br />
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After we made (and ate) spritz cookies, the girls moved on to gingerbread men cookies. I don't own a rolling pin (not sure why), so we had to improvise and use a wine bottle. No judgement, it worked just fine!</div>
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This year I bought the kids monogrammed stockings. They kept turning while I was trying to snap a picture. We even bought mini stockings for Molly and Icky. Olivia picked out a stocking with an L on it for Logan. For those of you who may not know, we sadly lost Logan this summer. It was the saddest weekend ever for our household and boy, do we miss that little guy.</div>
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Icky loved all the treats Santa brought for him. For as naughty as Icky can be, we are not sure why Santa brought Icky so many treats!<br />
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The kids' favorite part of Christmas is standing really close next to each other to take a picture. In fact, they asked me to take lots and lots of pictures. OR, they begged me NOT to take a picture of every. single. present. I can't remember which...<br />
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After all the presents were opened, the kids played with their new toys.<br />
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We made cinnamon rolls for breakfast. A new recipe that we will definitely make again!<br />
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Olivia colored with her new colored pencils.<br />
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Molly LOVES the snow. She is crazy in the snow!<br />
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The boys began building Caleb's robot. This robot is pretty impressive. I will show you when they are done.</div>
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Ella loves to lay in front of the fire. So do I.<br />
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I did not do a lot of decorating this year. I actually purged and donated over two bins of Christmas decor. Less is more. Chad found this table while buying something else on Craigslist and I painted it teal as fast as I could. Teal is my color. Teal is my spirit animal. Right, Mom? </div>
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I love this tree and these ornaments. They represent the twelve days of Christmas.</div>
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I love this chubby little Santa. So cute!</div>
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And would you just look at this?! Each year I add their new Santa picture and the kids love to go through and look at all of them. I adore this one. My little babies are not babies anymore! I sure miss those years. Sniffle, sniffle.</div>
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I don't think you have met Daisy yet. She is our homeschool mascot and watches over the kids while they work. She likes to dress up. For Halloween, Daisy was a dinosaur. </div>
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Our holiday season began with Buddy, the Elf. He followed Chad and I home from the store while were out shopping without the kids, enjoying the peace and quiet. Chad set Buddy up outside and said no word to the kids. We just waited.<br />
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Molly noticed Buddy right away and was not impressed. Soon the kids found him and laughed and laughed. Christmas season had officially begun.</div>
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We purchased a new pre-lit tree for Chad's office <strike>that still needs to be painted</strike>.<br />
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The colors of the tree can be changed by the simple tap of your foot. Ella thought this was the best and would change it to rainbow color right after I would change it to white. Over and over again.<br />
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Buddy finally made his way outside to greet the neighborhood with smiles - because smiling is his favorite!<br />
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Molly spent a lot of time sporting adorable bandanas as she chewed her holiday bones.<br />
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Chad made this HUGE chalkboard from barn wood from a house here in Ballston Spa. It is from the same barn that we made <a href="http://somuchtodew.blogspot.com/2016/04/living-room-built-ins.html">the fireplace</a> with. It is so clean and pretty, that I have yet to write on it. <i>Thank you, Mom, for that trait.</i></div>
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I bought the kids latch hook kits to keep them busy and off electronics during the winter months. Remember those? I think I am going to order myself one!</div>
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The kids got dressed up and helped decorate the tree. Actually, they did most of it. I sat and watched (and listened) in awe as they carefully chose where to place each ornament.<br />
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They then took all the tissue paper that was used to wrap and protect the ornaments and made Molly into a lion.<br />
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Ella found a new <strike>tree</strike> skirt. <br />
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And joined a mariachi band.<br />
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Ella likes to sneak my phone and take cute pictures of herself. I thought I would pay her back by posting said pictures. You are welcome, Ella.<br />
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The girls are still in dance class and love going each week.<br />
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Ella and Caleb did chores. Had to document that!<br />
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Chad's friend has a booth at a local antique store so we took a couple of my signs down there to <i>hopefully</i> sell. It is a large store, full of treasures. The first time Mom and I went there we never even realized there was an upstairs. My signs are upstairs so that could be bad news.<br />
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We went out to dinner and played Hang Man and Tic Tac Toe. Fun times.<br />
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We shopped for the kids Christmas ornaments in this amazing store. It is three stories of ornaments, decorations, treats, clothing, jewelry, books, and more. </div>
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Olivia and I had a Starbucks date.<br />
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Icky modeled and was featured on HelloFresh's Instagram page.<br />
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Our shoveler shoveled. Many, many times so far this winter.<br />
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The kids built a snowman.<br />
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Chad snowblowed... the kids.<br />
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The kids made snow for their science experiment.<br />
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The girls helped Chad pick out a tie for his holiday work party. I rocked a black dress.<br />
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Ella photobombed another picture.<br />
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We bought an old Hoosier cabinet off of Craigslist and are refinishing it. Our current pantry is extremely small and this cabinet will be much needed storage. It was green and yellow and in rough shape. The top still needs to be reconfigured to make it work. Thanks to Papa for stripping paint, sanding and repainting! Could you please come back and help with the top?!<br />
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Here is the bottom portion. Much better than the open bookshelf we were using. I can't wait for the top to be finished. Hint, hint Chad. <br />
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Caleb and I went shopping and donated animal supplies to the local animal shelter - and food to the local food bank. Can we just take a moment to recognize how much this boy has changed since we moved? His voice, his glasses, his braces. Sniffle, sniffle.<br />
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I won an award.</div>
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And we went to see Santa. <br />
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Here is what it looked like when we closed on our house:<br />
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For the most part, it is done! Chad did all the building. We purchased unfinished, Amish crafted bookshelves and cabinets. He removed the bottoms of the bookshelves and stacked them on top of each cabinet and viola! He added the plank wall behind the TV and added the molding to the top and along the floor. He also removed the cabinet door fronts and cut decorative metal sheeting to fit so that the remotes work with the doors closed. And all the components (Xbox, cable box, dvd player, dvds, etc.) are hidden. I did all the painting. Notice I used the same mustard color on the back bead board that we used in our Texas dining room?! (It is actually that same paint. We packed it and brought it with us... <i>insert maniacal laugh</i>). You can see how we built those <a href="http://somuchtodew.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-we-created-our-wall-of-billys.html">here</a> and styled them <a href="http://somuchtodew.blogspot.com/2012/06/billy-bookshelves-are-finished.html">here</a>. We still need knobs... which my wonderful mother said she would look for next time she is at Hobby Lobby. Thanks Mom!<br />
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The mantle is an antique that we found at an antique fair back when we were living in the corporate apartment! We were told that it was over 150 years old. It is heavy and covered with years of dirt and memories. We stored it in the apartment garage and crossed our fingers that it would fit. Thank goodness it did! We cleaned the mantle up a bit and left it as is. Chad bought old growth barn wood from a 200+ year old barn that was being taken down here in Ballston Spa that is going to be transported and rebuilt... in Texas! How's crazy is that?! He cut the barn wood to fit behind and bump out the mantle a bit. <br />
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Quite a change. I am so happy it is done! The finished pictures were taken with my phone, hence the bad quality. I plan to take pictures with my real camera and will then show the entire living room.<br />
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After looking at approximately 40 houses, we finally found one. Our original plan was to find an old farmhouse on land. Land would allow us to have room for the kids to explore - and I could finally have the goats and chickens I have always wanted. We didn't find the right farmhouse on the right land. So we went back and looked again at the houses that would work. This house is located on a long, quiet cul-de-sac which is perfect for our kids. The kids can ride their bikes/scooters or rollerblade with no traffic. They have neighbors to play with and also two acres to explore. Our backyard is all woods - perfect for trails and a tree fort! And, we can still have chickens - someday!<br />
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Time to show some pictures. Here is our house when we bought it!<br />
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Chad and I both disliked the outside of this house. The faded blue shutters looked dull and the matching blue door was just plain ugly. But, we knew we could change all that.<br />
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As soon as Mom and Dad arrived from Texas, we got to work on replacing the faded blue shutters with brand new black shutters. Already a huge change! The black shutters are a much better contrast on the yellow house.<br />
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Caleb even helped Papa with the hard-to-reach shutters.<br />
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As much as I hated the blue shutters, I loathed the front door. It made me angry. We priced a new front door and it was over $2,000 - for a basic door. We decided to try and paint the front door first and see if it would be okay. Thanks to Mom (and approximately 6 coats of paint) our door looks fabulous!<br />
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I chose two red paint swatches and we let Caleb pick the winning color. He picked <i><b>Show Stopper</b></i> red and it is a perfect pop of color!<br />
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We didn't stop there. Our little front porch needed something. A railing.<br />
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I adore this railing. It makes the porch feel bigger. The black coordinates with the black shutters. Our teal milk crate even works!<br />
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<br />Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-14782328010852504062015-01-08T09:56:00.002-08:002015-01-08T09:56:58.970-08:00Secret laundry room redo - cabinets<i>I wrote this posts months ago. Months. As you are reading this, our house has been professionally packed up, loaded into a truck and transported to New York, where it will sit in storage until we find our new home. Our house is scheduled to close tomorrow.</i><br />
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While Chad has been traveling for work, I have been decluttering the house and purging as much as I can. My goal is to continue to purge and organize until I reach some sense of simplicity in this house. Less is more. Less is better.<br />
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While decluttering in the laundry room the other day, I decided it was time to hide those items that are stored on the shelves above the washer and dryer. I texted Dad to see how much he thought unfinished cabinets would cost and he was on board to go look with me. Blame him, Chad ;-)</div>
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We measured and shopped around and decided on four unfinished cabinets. We (okay, just me) decided we needed to get this job done before Chad came home. <i>Sometimes</i> Chad likes to research and shop and plan a little too much and I wanted this d-o-n-e DONE!</div>
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After explaining my idea and convincing him that this would be great storage and would finally clean up our laundry room, he was on board. <i>Whew!</i><br />
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The next day we went to work on finishing installing them. Dad and I had already started. We used the wood shelf that was already there as a base to set the cabinets on. That way we knew they would be secure and we would still be able to hang clothes from the rod. Win, win! <br />
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Quite a difference! It is just what I had in mind. <i>Thank you</i> Dad for all your help! <i>Thank you</i> Chad, for agreeing to the project!!</div>
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The laundry room looks so different now! But, we didn't stop there...</div>
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-45420966747725149762014-12-13T11:13:00.002-08:002014-12-13T11:13:58.014-08:00If we can make it there, we'll make it anywhereIf you haven't heard already, we are now living in upstate New York! <br />
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Chad has been working in New York since April and was offered a full time position and accepted. Within a couple weeks, we listed the house and have accepted an offer! Fingers crossed all goes well and the new family will enjoy the house (and yard) as much as we did.<br />
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Although we are very sad leaving Gramma, Papa and Uncle Buncle (as well as our friends and all the house projects we did)... we are so excited for a new adventure!<br />
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I will do my best to get you caught up on this blog... from decluttering the house, to our long drive here, to cutting down our first real tree as a family! Oh boy, there is so much to dew!!!!<br />
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<br />Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-52887782735318715612014-10-21T13:41:00.001-07:002014-10-21T13:41:15.709-07:00I sold a sign!<div>
Right before we left for our summer in New York, I sold my first sign on Etsy!!! Can you believe it?!</div>
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Caleb was as excited as I was! Here he is hugging the packaged sign ;-)<br />
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I was so happy/relieved/shocked that someone out there likes my work! I am excited to get back to making - and hopefully selling - more signs!<br />
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<br />Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-69508194536603044982014-10-02T14:13:00.002-07:002014-10-04T07:17:37.203-07:00New york - week 13, our last weekSummer is over and we are back in Texas. Where, oh where, did summer go?! Let's take a look at our last week spent in New York.<br />
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This time we watched Guardians of the Galaxy... the boys liked it. I was not impressed with the number of bad words and inappropriate jokes. Also, the people behind us talked the entire time. The adults. Not the kids. What is wrong with people?<br />
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He shot Olivia!<br />
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Boca Bistro is an adorable restaurant in Saratoga Springs. The decor is rustic farmhouse. At the beginning of the summer we were walking around and passed Boca and I saw the food. I had to go there. We didn't go there - until the last day of our trip. My BLT was worth the wait. So good! I was so excited to eat it, I didn't even think to take a picture.</div>
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I snapped this as they were announcing it was closing time. It is the flag that was flying at the World Trade Center when it collapsed. It was discovered in the debris at the recovery landfill as they sorted for human remains and personal objects. The NYPD gave the flag to the museum in 2002.<br />
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I cannot say enough about this summer. We were so lucky to be able to travel to New York for the entire summer. Although we did not make it to New York City <i>YET</i>, we experienced so many other things! And we <b><i>will</i></b> get there. Soon hopefully!</div>
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-59601387023849583152014-09-05T13:07:00.003-07:002014-09-05T15:47:59.928-07:00New york - week 12We were happy to hear that Plem was going to stay a bit longer in New York! We went for a drive around Lake George to show him around. <br />
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Plem gave the kids quarters so that they could see around the lake. Silly girls kept looking at me taking pictures of them!</div>
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We drove all along Lake George and stopped along a few scenic spots.<br />
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This time Grandpa Plem threw the girls into the pool ;-)<br />
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Afternoons at the pool finally took a toll on Ella. She took a 3 hour nap!<br />
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Just hanging out (or on) with Grandpa Plem ;-)<br />
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More pool days with friends! The kids love practicing their jumps and always ask me to take pictures. They plan the jump they are all going to do, jump, swim over to me, look at each picture and laugh away! Over and over again!</div>
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Isn't Olivia so cute?!</div>
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We went out for a nice dinner at the <a href="http://www.oldebryaninn.com/restaurant/history/">Olde Bryan Inn</a> to celebrate our last few days with Grandpa Plem. Take a minute to read the history of this restaurant!<br />
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Ella started to get an earache (swimmers ear) and didn't feel up to swimming. So, Plem stayed back in the apartment with her and Caleb. I took Olivia to the pool and we were the only ones there. Olivia had the pool to herself!</div>
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A final update on her poor finger. We are praying her nail stays on... yuckers.<br />
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When Grandpa Plem left, we didn't know what to do... so, we headed back to Syracuse (the same mall we met Auntie Ade) to Dave & Buster's. Chad had never been to Syracuse and this mall is huge! We spent all day there and didn't even see all of it.</div>
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The car ride is about 2 1/2 hours, less than 2 if Chad drives ;-). Long enough for the kiddos to nap!</div>
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After eating, the kids played game after game. The girls favorite are the motorcycles.</div>
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This game is Caleb's favorite. It is a great game for earning tickets so you can buy those <strike>cheap</strike> awesome prizes from the gift shop!</div>
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We ate dinner at P.F. Changs in the mall. Olivia was happy to have her own big bowl of rice!</div>
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Chad got the Godiva chocolate cheesecake.</div>
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Olivia got her own slice of Oreo cheesecake.</div>
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I got the red velvet cheesecake. Yum!</div>
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Caleb and Ella shared a huge piece of chocolate cake. No cheesecake for these crazies!</div>
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Then they all ate. This is the quietest my kids have been.in.years.</div>
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We sure had fun with Grandpa Plem. Our time is ticking away in New York... so sad.</div>
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Olivia challenged him to a swimming race - and then another race...<br />
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Olivia thoughtfully wrapped a towel around her neck - and viola - a "tarf" was created!<br />
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She also said it could be called a "scowel."<br />
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This girl is so good with combining words. One day we were driving in the car and I was a <i>bit</i> frustrated with the kids and their crazy behavior. I began to explain that there is a difference between having fun and being annoying... and Olivia, without skipping a beat, said, "Mom, that would be funnoying!"<br />
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The kids loved Grandpa Plem's screen saver. Although Ella kept asking where she was. I told her she must have been taking a nap.<br />
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Here is another update on Olivia's finger that she smashed with a brick. Not good, but getting better.<br />
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More pool days with Grandpa Plem. <br />
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And more races.<br />
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The kids have become really good friends with a group of kids here. They all play so well together! Olivia is not in the picture because she was back in the apartment hanging out the Grandpa Plem.<br />
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This week we also celebrated Chad's 40th birthday! 40! Old man alert!!<br />
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We blew up balloon after balloon.<br />
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Then Ella said, "I have an idea!" ;-)<br />
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After all the balloons were done, the girls made balloon angels. Like snow angels, but a lot less cold.</div>
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And patiently waited outside for Chad to come home.<br />
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When they saw his car, the rushed back inside and hid so that they could yell "surprise" when he walked in. So sneaky!</div>
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Then we headed out to dinner.<br />
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While waiting for our table, Caleb practiced taking his mug shot. Never know when/if this skill may come in handy. I kid.</div>
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Here is Chad enjoying some birthday sake.</div>
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Plem was brave enough to try some too!<br />
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This was the first time Caleb had been to a restaurant like this so he was in awe.<br />
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Our chef entertainer asked if Caleb wanted to try some sake as well. He called it "baby sake." Caleb was a bit worried we let him have an adult drink... and then he said his sake tasted like Sprite ;-)<br />
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After the sake tasting, it was time to catch flying food in your mouth. Caleb also tried this and caught a piece! This is his reaction to what was in his mouth, after the excitement of catching it was over. I told him it was a yummy vegetable and that didn't help. It was zucchini and he spit it out. I am proud of him for trying and catching it!<br />
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After a dinner filled with veggies, fried rice (white rice for the girls), steak, lobster, scallops, and chicken, we headed home to open presents and eat cupcakes! The kids and I bought him a nice dress watch for work and Plem bought him a nice bottle of wine... which we all drank that night!<br />
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The kids made cards for Chad.<br />
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When the chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting covered with Hershey's chocolate kicked in, the kids took off their shirts and had a wresting match. These kids are totes normal. </div>
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Chad leaves for work very early in the morning. One morning I woke up and found Olivia in my bed... other days it has been Caleb or Ella. Sneaky kids!</div>
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That night Grandpa offered to babysit and Chad and I went out! We ate and walked around the beautiful streets of downtown Saratoga Springs. <br />
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It sure was a fun week with Grandpa Plem! So much fun, that he decided to stay longer!Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-82939916538275217992014-08-25T10:33:00.001-07:002014-08-25T10:33:08.305-07:00New york - week 10This week involved eating, more turtles, fun new traditions and <i>a lot </i>of walking! We were tired when the week was over.<br />
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It rained off and on just about all week which limited our swimming time. This double rainbow made it a bit better! Do you see it?<br />
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I won Mom of the Year award because I took the kids to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The kids LOVED this movie and are asking to see it again. I have no interest in these turtles, but must admit it was pretty funny!<br />
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The kids had such a fun time being kids and climbing trees.<br />
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Ella stopped <i>numerous</i> times to make an X and write "dig it" underneath. I wonder how many people stopped to dig for the buried treasures?<br />
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We found old bricks.<br />
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And discovered huge, mysterious holes.<br />
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How neat is this little building?!<br />
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We found huge logs and walked the plank like pirates.<br />
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We went back to the Saratoga State Park so Caleb could finish building a dam. Remember Olivia smashed her finger last time so we left before the dam was complete. Here is how it looks a week later... Ouch!</div>
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And here is the completed dam. Well done, Caleb!<br />
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-29310681631161997312014-08-14T14:08:00.001-07:002014-08-14T14:08:34.935-07:00New york - week 9This week was a fun one!<br />
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We visited the Saratoga Spa State Park. This park covers 800 acres and it known for it's mineral spas. The waters are believed to have healing powers.<br />
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Poor Olivia smashed her finger while carrying a brick for Caleb. They kids were having so much fun building dams... until the finger incident. Luckily, the springs are known for their healing powers so we dipped her finger in the water, wrapped it in bandaids and prayed that it would heal quickly!</div>
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The next morning, we surprised the kids with a trip to Adirondack Extreme - an adventure obstacle course!</div>
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The kids listened closely and did so well. I think I was more nervous watching them! After you successfully complete the practice run, they send you off to complete your course on your own.</div>
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This girl was SO proud of herself! We were so proud of the kids!</div>
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After the ziplining obstacle course, we headed to Lake George to rent a boat for the afternoon.</div>
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The kids climbed on top of the refrigerator. Kidding. Chad put them up there.</div>
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Chad found these two vintage bikes on Craigslist for only $80! He replaced the wheels and cleaned them up and now we can bike while the kids scooter.</div>
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And this may surprise you... we went to the pool! I am going to miss my daily view...</div>
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Caleb is leading his "boys" in one of many games.</div>
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Olivia and Ella have become friends with two girls whose dad also works for Applied Materials.</div>
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-89137254577047220642014-08-12T10:25:00.001-07:002014-08-12T10:25:14.125-07:00New york - week 8Time to share about week 8!<br />
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We went to the Washington County flea market. I love flea markets, but hate that I cannot buy anything ;-(<br />
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Olivia found the perfect letter for her room! We searched and searched, but there was no E to be found. Sorry, Ella.<br />
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The rain didn't stop the kids from having fun! They danced and sang under the covered patio. It amazes me how easily kids make friends. We now have pool playdates with their new friends! <br />
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If they only stayed this way!<br />
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This week was another week at the pool. It sure is handy to have a free (cost and maintenance!) pool within steps of your residence! Sometimes at the pool you need to braid your sister's hair or wear your sister's goggles on the back of your head ;-)<br />
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The set up of this apartment complex is perfect for roller blading! The only problem is a couple of the kids still need some extra practice and aren't quite set on roller blading.<br />
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So, we decided to pick up some scooters! The kids have been on them NON STOP! <br />
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... because Dad was home!<br />
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Caleb usually brings his backpack with. The backpack carries water bottles for a quick refuel.<br />
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And Nerf guns because you just never know when you might need one!<br />
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We went to the Saratoga County Fair. An excellent place for people watching and snacking on yummy food!</div>
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There were some interesting booths at the fair. I did a little Christmas shopping.<br />
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Lots of games with amazing prizes!<br />
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Chad and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. 15 years!!! <br />
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We had a delicious steak dinner with prosciutto wrapped asparagus and truffle french fries. So good! We were treated to a mouse trio dessert from the restaurant.<br />
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<i>No worries, Mom.</i> The kids helmets have flashing lights in the back and the new lights are added to the front of their scooters. AND we are always with the kids. <i>I know how you worry ;-)</i></div>
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The sprinklers run every night at the apartment complex. It was only a matter of time before <i>THIS</i> happened:<br />
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Olivia was so upset about her eyes. Caleb stepped in and gave her a hug to make her feel better.<br />
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And we are still going to the pool! We had to take a few days off to rest our red eyes, but were back and ready to splash.<br />
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<br />Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-23311087527638648492014-08-05T12:06:00.004-07:002014-08-05T12:06:59.254-07:00New york - week 5Time continues to fly by this summer! I am falling behind on my updates, but hope to get a few posted this week.<br />
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Here is a quick look at week 5...<br />
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The kids are still loving hunting for turtles - and they finally caught some! Chad was the first one in the pond in this picture, but they kids were right behind him! Soon, everyone was ankle deep in water grabbing for turtles.<br />
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The first turtle Chad caught was a small, shy one.</div>
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The next turtle was bigger - and feistier!<br />
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We still continue to visit the pool every day - usually twice. Here the kids are doing their daily pool stretches ;-)<br />
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Once stretches are complete, it is time to hold hands and jump in!<br />
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One day it started to sprinkle... so naturally, my kiddos built a fort and were safe from the rain!<br />
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Some days at the pool are more tragic than others...<br />
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We walked around downtown Saratoga Springs. It is so pretty, full of unique shops and restaurants. We are on a quest to find a good Mexican restaurant here in New York. I sure miss my Chuys back in Texas. They have the best queso compuesto (queso with ground beef, guacamole and salsa mixed in) and their coronaritas (margaritas with a small Corona beer) are the best!</div>
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Queso here is totally different. We did find a margarita that came pretty close. This restaurant had outdoor seating in a cute alley way.</div>
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Meet the chupacabra. A mammoth margarita!</div>
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We also had a New York version of queso and a delicious lump crab cake with mango salsa. The kids ate chicken strips and french fries.<br />
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We stopped in a cute little shop for some gelato.<br />
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This restaurant has a new poem each day.<br />
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The girls loved this shoe that was topped with a huge diamond.<br />
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A lot of the fancy houses and apartments have this jockey statue out front.<br />
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The rotating hole was the trickiest!</div>
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-17698652031762350612014-07-25T17:12:00.001-07:002014-07-25T17:19:51.578-07:00New york - week 4This week was a bit quieter. We were still tired from all the walking we did in Boston.<br />
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One of the best parts about being in New York is that we have made a big effort to eat dinner at the table each night. We have to eat later because of Chad's schedule, but it is worth it. And, we don't have all the toys/extra tvs (like we do at home) here, so the distractions are less.<br />
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The kids love this part of the day. Olivia has always loved having "feasts" no matter what the meal is. We always share the worst part/best part of our day and Caleb ALWAYS says the best part is dinner time! <br />
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Since we are in New York, the kids have to go to the grocery store with me. Not always fun, but we are getting into a better groove. One bummer is groceries are <i><b>expensive</b></i> here! Makes me miss my H.E.B. and their reasonable prices.<br />
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Olivia LOVES the produce department here!<br />
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We also found another grocery store that we shop at every Sunday. It is called The Fresh Market and it a smaller version of Whole Foods. The girls love the ribs there! Caleb loves the fresh bread. They all love the candy section!</div>
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I have been trying my hardest to make the kids more accountable. And, for the most part, they like to help. Olivia loves to set the table. Caleb is great at clearing the table. Ella loves to help cook. She can scramble some mean eggs! Olivia loves to help cook as well. I am going to start involving them in menu planning and teaching them how to cook. I could use the help too!</div>
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Since Ella and Caleb were not feeling good, we decided not to go to the park/lake to see fireworks this year. We did hop in the car and saw a few. Enough to make it count!</div>
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We also took a quick trip up to Lake George. It is only 20 minutes away (if Chad is driving) and is a perfect place to sit outside and have lunch while overlooking the lake, mini golfing, shopping, and more.</div>
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The kids BEGGED to go to the haunted house. We were a bit hesitant. The last time we took them to one, they all ended up crying and we had to escape through an emergency hallway exit. </div>
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Olivia was having second thoughts ;-)<br />
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After another omelet and french toast filled breakfast at the hotel, we ended our weekend in Boston with a visit to The Museum of Science.<br />
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Caleb brought his camera and took a lot of pictures - and selfies!<br />
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This exhibit was a test to see how quietly you could walk through the forest. I have never witnessed my children being so quiet.<br />
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Don't mind that message written next to the dinosaur footprint...<br />
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Olivia was the teacher. She looks pretty serious!<br />
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Caleb had to run from the giant grasshopper!<br />
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We saw a show about electricity.<br />
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This bed of nails could have entertained them for hours!<br />
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The Grossology Lab was just that, gross!<br />
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This one is for Mom!<br />
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Caleb was one lucky dude because...<br />
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Boston was so much fun! We tried to see as many things as we could, but there is so much more. I would definitely love to go back soon and show the kids more of the history found in Boston. <br />
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Until we meet <strike>again</strike>, Donnie!<br />
<br />Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-28372844548919618642014-07-23T10:41:00.001-07:002014-07-23T10:41:10.079-07:00New york - week 3, paht 2Are you ready for "paht" 2?! Get it?! I have to give Mom credit for that funny!<br />
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Our second day in Boston was just as busy. After eating breakfast in the hotel (omelets prepared by a chef and french toast for the kiddos), we headed to the New England Aquarium.<br />
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This is Mrytle the green sea turtle. She has lived in the giant ocean tank since 1970!<br />
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The gift ship was full of fun, unique items.<br />
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The tour guide asked for a volunteer and Caleb raised his hand - before he even knew what he would be asked to do! Luckily, it was for a volunteer to drive the boat.<br />
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After the duck tour we walked around some more. Lots of interesting people playing instruments, beating on buckets like drums, painting pictures, dancing, and posing like this person.<br />
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While shopping we found the kids sunglasses, slippers (it is colder in New York than Texas!) and we found cute little purses for the girls for $5!<br />
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For dinner we promised Olivia her favorite - P.F. Changs. This girls loves her some rice. The girls created and devoured their own lettuce wraps complete with lettuce and rice. Yum.<br />
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He ate them as he planned our last day in Boston.<br />
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<br />Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-68962252492334486462014-07-17T09:39:00.001-07:002014-09-19T16:20:07.830-07:00New york - week 3, paht 1Week 3 was AMAZING!!! The best week by far!<br />
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We went to Wahlburgers!!!!! Oh where do I begin?! It all started many years ago when a group of boys came together to make magical music... 20+ years later, they are still magical. Donnie will always have a special place in my heart (let it be known that I am <b>very</b> disappointed in his recent life decisions) and my Donnie <strike>barbie</strike> doll will always have a place on my craftroom shelf. I was beyond excited to finally have a chance to eat my very own wahlburger.<br />
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We left early Friday morning on our three hour drive for a burger. As soon as we arrived in Boston, we began practicing our Boston accents - pahk the cah, lobstah, rivah... any word that ended in "r" we said it ;-)<br />
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Wahlburgers is set up with two different sides. One is self service (a faster option) where you order your food at the counter and then sit down to eat. The other side (the bar side) is full service (a title to one of the NKOTB songs) where you are seated and a server takes your order and serves you. I wanted to be there as long as possible, so we chose full service and sat outside. <br />
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But first, I took pictures. Lots of pictures! The host saw me taking pictures and asked where we were from. They have a map on the wall and visitors from all around add their push pin to show how far people have travelled from to eat these burgers. I made sure to ask him any question I could think of, not worrying if I looked like a dork. This was my time.<br />
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According to the host (who has only worked there three weeks) he has never seen Donnie or Mark Wahlberg. He has seen Paul Wahlberg - the third brother owner, who is the chef, a few times. He also said that Paul spends a lot of his time between Wahlburgers and their mother's restaurant, Alma Nove which is just across the street.<br />
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So, I did not meet Donnie. Bummer.<br />
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Perhaps the best picture of all was taken by Chad - in the men's bathroom! He came out and said he peed where Donnie peed! Gotta give Chad credit for thinking of taking <i>that</i> picture!!</div>
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I ordered the BBQ Bacon Burger (Donnie's choice) and it was delicious! Bacon, cheese, bbq sauce and avocado! Chad ordered the O.F.D. (Originally from Dorchester) burger which had cheese and sauteed mushrooms. The kids had smahlburgers!<br />
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I had to buy a wahlburger t-shirt! Chad and Caleb both bought hats and we also got two wahlburger pint glasses. Thanks, Chad!!!<br />
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Chad is helping Ella add the pin to Round Rock, Texas.</div>
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We are the green pin!<br />
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Both restaurants are located in the Hingham Shipyard. It is a beautiful location.<br />
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The small kitchen area. Caleb ran out of here all excited that they had gummy bears. We both yelled NO! and ran to stop him. We had to explain to him that a mini bar is not free - and that cute little jar of gummy bears was $13!<br />
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The kids all wanted characters from Frozen - Olaf, Elsa and Anna.<br />
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Chad ordered lobstah for dinner. An entire lobster! The kids were a bit weirded out by the lobster looking at them, but he sure was tasty!</div>
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And ended our night with a horse carriage ride - a must for the kids. The driver offered to take our picture and I think he did a pretty good job. If you squint your eyes and tilt your head you can clearly see all of us ;-)</div>
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The girls were dreaming of taking baths and trying on the hotel robes. Olivia was excited by the milk and cookies let for the kids. Ella was just plain exhausted. What a day!<br />
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Next up - how we spent the rest of our weekend in Boston!</div>
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Aubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620342735373514198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418417013297633757.post-89910509169085080302014-07-10T14:19:00.001-07:002014-07-10T14:19:18.085-07:00New york - week 2The summer is flying by here in New York! Week 2 was spent eating, swimming, shopping, exploring, and more. Take a look!<br />
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We have been trying out as many local restaurants as we can - especially the pizza restaurants! Each pizza has been different, all have been so good! We found a favorite breakfast place. It is a <b>very</b> small restaurant as you can see from the next picture. It is called Beverly's Eatery and there are approximately 10 tables with a counter/bar area. The kitchen is big enough for two cooks. The food is amazing! The kids always order the french toast with "white stuff" on it... also known as powdered sugar. I usually order one of the quiche specials. This last weekend Chad ordered the bowl of yummy - and it was!!!<br />
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After breakfast, we drove to Round Lake to an antique and craft festival. As we were walking there the kids found a friend.</div>
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There were rows and rows of booths full of treasures! It was torture seeing all these unique items that we had no way of getting back to Texas.</div>
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And they were only asking $575 for it! What?!<br />
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This is the one thing I wanted to buy. It was $30 and would be perfect on Caleb's wall to display Lego figures.<br />
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Tons of Balls jars. There is a Ball factory in Saratoga Springs.</div>
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Lots of golf treasures!<br />
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This is what the homes near the antique fair looked like. Not too shabby!</div>
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We drove around so we could see where Global Foundries (the whole reason we are in New York now) is located. This is one of the buildings, Chad has offices in two other areas close to our apartment.<br />
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We also went to the Saratoga Springs hot air balloon festival - and saw a wizard...</div>
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Such a pretty sight to see all the colorful balloons in the sky!<br />
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It was so bright out!<br />
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Caleb got a little popcorn snack. Olivia helped him eat this entire bag in 2 days :-) Ella despises popcorn... loathes popcorn. The smell of popcorn makes her gag. I feel the same way about sprinkles on donuts. Yuck!</div>
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They had a hot air balloon on the ground that the kids could walk into. They are huge!<br />
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The kids sure are happy to spend time with their Dad.</div>
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The weather here is crazy. Temperature wise it is in the mid 80's which is perfect. And then clouds come in and it rains. What <i>is </i>this thing called rain? We don't see a lot of it in Texas!<br />
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Of course, there was more swimming!<br />
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I am the ONLY person at the pool that wears a big floppy hat to shade my skin from the sun. I don't think New Yorkers have heard about skin cancer. Or they just don't care. Even the kids ask me why everyone lays out in the hot sun...<br />
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One of the kids favorite things to do is go on walks around the ponds. There are lots of tiny frogs they like to hunt for. </div>
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Can you see how itty bitty it is?! They catch them and let them go right away.</div>
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Here is a good picture of our apartment to the right (and our cars). The pool is right behind us and one of the ponds is to the left. Perfect location for exploring!<br />
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Chad has been teaching the kids how to skip rocks!</div>
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Ella broke the law on the walk and had to do her time being tied to the light pole.<br />
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In typical Ella fashion, she broke out and ran for it!<br />
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The girls found a field of flowers.<br />
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Another great week!<br />
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<i>Now, if I could just convince these kids that reading, writing in their journals, math workbooks, and chores are also fun summer activities...</i><br />
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